My carbon footprint

Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment and it relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc. The UAE's carbon footprint per capita is the highest in the world, because there is lack of environmental regulation and technology that help to reduce the footprint.

I measured my carbon footprint at http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ and after I answered my quizzes about food, travel, home and stuff in different categories that were related to identify my footprint and I have got 2.75. The main factors of this result were from:
1) Home (45%)
2) Stuff (32%)
3) Food (21%)

Most of the students had similar figures. The average figure for CRE was approximately 3.87.

What can I do to reduce my carbon footprint?

Home is the largest contributor to my carbon footprint but I'm not sure what I can do to make considerable change. I used lot of electricity especially in summer; nevertheless I can’t use another alternative source of energy such as solar or wind energy because they are very expensive to install but I could replace electrical devices which use less power or switch off the unnecessary lights or power in the home.

Things such as clothes are the second largest contributor to my carbon footprint; I think if I want to reduce it, I should cut back buying clothes and limit using my mobile.

With regard to food, my diet is particularly healthy and I can't see what I can do to improve it. I walk every night and eat only twice a day and so I don't over-consume food.